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The Village of Rockville Centre will close three facilities for two weeks, effective March 16.
Mayor declares state of emergency in Rockville Centre amid coronavirus concerns
Things are getting quiet in Rockville Centre, at least in public. Schools are closed, meetings are postponed and most activities have come to a halt for at least the next couple of weeks. Though no cases of coronavirus have been reported in Rockville Centre, the village officials decided, “out of an abundance of caution” to close Village Hall, the Sandel Senior Center, John A. Anderson Recreation Center and Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center for two weeks, starting Monday, March 16 and reopening on March 30. more
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Elyse Rodriguez performs an interpretive dance to the "I Have a Dream" speech at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center in Rockville Centre on Monday, Jan. 20.
Dr. King honored at MLK Center in Rockville Centre
Dozens gathered at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center in Rockville Centre on Monday to celebrate the birthday of the center’s namesake, a man who dedicated his life to advocating for equality. The program included song and dance performances by local residents — including children enrolled in the after-school program — interspersed with video footage of King’s speeches. more
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Fourteen Rockville Centre women read from children’s books about impactful women leaders at the “Raising Voices, Raising Women” event on Jan. 18.
RaisingVoicesUSA event inspires young girls through storytelling
The second annual “Raising Voices, Raising Women” aimed to inspire girls through storytelling. Each woman who participated read from a children’s book about influential women. more
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Local elected officials joined MLK Center directors and children from the community at the annual Community Day on Aug. 24.
Residents gather for annual Community Day at the MLK Center in Rockville Centre
Kids enjoyed fun in the sun, a barbecue and activities at the event, which was held in front of the MLK Center on N. Centre Avenue. more
Tjuana Evans, left, started the group about 10 years ago to give children and adolescents an outlet for the hard times they may face in their youth.
Keeping the MLK Center's mission alive in Rockville Centre
On a typical weekday afternoon, after working her shift as a dietary nutritionist at South Nassau Communities Hospital, Tjuana Evans doesn’t go home, per se, but to her second home at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Center on North Centre Avenue. more
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Hundreds of people endured the bitter cold on Monday to march along Riverside Boulevard and celebrate the legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., six days after what would have been his 90th birthday.
Keeping King’s legacy alive
By Bridget Downes bdownes@liherald.com Residents came from points across Long Beach to celebrate the life and legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday. “We’re banding … more
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Jacob Hurney, left, Luke Santeramo, Martin Luther King Center board Chairman James Hodge, and Andrea Wilkins, far right, handed a turkey and a bag of traditional Thanksgiving dinner trimmings to Long Beach resident Milagro Rodriguez on Tuesday.  
MLK Center hosts annual Thanksgiving dinner
Long Beach residents filed in to the Martin Luther King Center on Tuesday to collect turkeys and traditional Thanksgiving dinner trimmings before a large community gathering at the center. … more
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Members of the Martin Luther King Center gathered with District Attorney Madeline Singas on Feb. 14 for a ribbon cutting of the center’s newly upgraded computer lab.
MLK Center upgrades its computer lab
Martin Luther King Center board members were joined by Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas, State Sen. Todd Kaminsky and representatives from Altice USA — one of the largest broadband … more
More than 100 kids from the MLK Center, joined by family members, organizers and supporters, turned out for “Black Panther” at the Long Beach theater on Tuesday thanks to the center's Black Panther Challenge to fund a free screening for kids.
Long Beach residents praise ‘Black Panther’
Long Beach resident Marcus Tinker was not a huge comic book fan growing up, but there was something about the film introduction of Black Panther in the 2016 movie, “Captain America: Civil War,” … more
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Martin Luther King Center Board Chairman James Hodge unveiled MLK Way, the renamed intersection of East Pine Street and Riverside Boulevard, outside the center, after hundreds of people marched along West Park Avenue to show solidarity with Dr. King’s ideals on Monday.
Honoring Martin Luther King Jr.
In a ceremony attended by hundreds on Monday, the City of Long Beach renamed the intersection of East Pine Street and Riverside Boulevard — where the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once walked — … more
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